Democratic Opening, Martyrs and Journalism
Cemil Cengiz* The leading political party of Turkey, AKP (Justice and Development Party) has launched a series of solutions to the problems concerning the Kurdish minority in Turkey under the...
Platonic Lovers Chasing Nukes Around the World
Ozgur Tufekci oztufekci@cesran.org The 2010 Review Confer- ence of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non - Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held in May 2010 at UN Headquarters...
The Development of a European Union Security Culture: Wishful Thinking or Reality?
Paula Sandrin* This article attempts to answer the following questions: Does EU have the potential to construct a security culture, with common views about threat identification and the best means...
From Lehman Brothers’ Collapse to the Greek Debacle: Exposing Shifts in the World Economic Order
Prof. Bulent Gokay* On 15 September 2008, the supposedly safe and perpetually prosperous world of post-industrial global economic order blew itself up when Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Taming Rating Agencies
Dr. Kurtulus Gemici* Alchemy thrived in seeking how to turn ordinary, worthless metals into gold. To the dismay of countless alchemists, that goal has been rather elusive in the world...
In the Deep Freeze? A Cold War Legacy and the Visa-Free Programme Between Russia and Japan
Paul Richardson* The Southern Kurils are three islands (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan) and a cluster of rocky islets that lie off the north-east coast of Hokkaido. The Japanese collectively refer to...
On Michael Haneke’s Funny Games US
Enes Erbay* As a masterpiece in Haneke's filmography, Funny Games US (2007) is a remake of the Funny Games (1997). This anti-thriller, like the others that precede it, is a...
Turkish Vision of Regional and Global Order: Theoretical Background and Practical Implementation
Prof. Ahmet Davutoglu Preface* We, as members of CESRAN, attended to the conference entitled “Turkey’s foreign policy in a changing world” held at the St Antony’s College of University of...
Enhancing Peace, Security and Stability in Western Balkans Through EU Membership and Kosovo Issue
Prof. Fusun Ozerdem* On 1 May 2004, the European Union (EU) undertook its biggest enlargement with ten new Member States. Two more Member States, Bulgaria and Romania followed this expansion...
Hong Kong Democracy: A Pessimistic Review
Antony Ou* ouantony@gmail.com “Newlonkong” is a neologism referring to the three international economic centres namely New York, London and Hong Kong. However, among the three places, Hong Kong might be...
